COURT CIRCULAR

Windsor Castle

The Queen this morning received the Australians of the Year via video link who were introduced to Her Majesty by His Excellency the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia (General the Hon David Hurley).

Clarence House

The Prince of Wales this morning received Mr Anthony Pratt (Executive Chairman, Visy Industries).

His Royal Highness this afternoon held a Meeting for the Sustainable Markets Initiative.

The Prince of Wales this evening held a Dinner for the Sustainable Markets Initiative at Buckingham Palace.

St James’s Palace

The Earl and Countess of Wessex this morning visited Glacis Field, Jersey, to unveil a saluting gun battery commissioned to commemorate The Duke of Edinburgh.

Their Royal Highnesses later attended Jersey’s Liberation Day Service at Liberation Square, St Helier.

The Earl and Countess of Wessex subsequently met senior citizens and viewed the Liberation Day March Past at the Pomme d’Or Hotel, Liberation Square.

Their Royal Highnesses this afternoon departed from Jersey for Guernsey and, having been received upon arrival by the Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bailiwick of Guernsey (Lieutenant General Richard Cripwell), undertook the following engagements.

The Earl and Countess of Wessex attended a Liberation Day Tea Dance at Beau Sejour Leisure Centre, Amherst, St Peter Port.

Their Royal Highnesses afterwards attended a Church Service at Castle Cornet.

The Earl and Countess of Wessex subsequently viewed the Liberation Cavalcade from Guernsey Yacht Club, Castle Emplacement.

Their Royal Highnesses this evening attended a Dinner at les Cotils, l’Hyvreuse.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Kent, Patron, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, this evening attended a Gala Concert at the Royal Horticultural Halls, 80 St Vincent Square, London SW1.

Appendix to Court Circular

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Reverend Professor John Swinton to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty in Scotland in succession to the Reverend Alistair Bennett.